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Patent GB-190804689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Clock Systems.
Inventor: UPWARD ALFRED RENE
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1909-03-02
Abstract: 4689. Upward, A. R. March 2. Electric clocks are actuated or controlled at the required intervals by a secondary current produced by a transformer, the primary winding of which is connected to a source of current of low electromotive force at the required times. The source of current niay be one or two large cells, but is preferably a thermopile, with or without an intervening secondary battery. The transformer has two primary windings in opposite directions, through one and then the other of which the current is switched. The current reverser shown in Fig. 2 has alternate sectors connected to, the ring contact 7, Fig. 3, of one primary 4, and the 'other sectors connected to the ring 8 of the other primary 5. The reverser shown in Figs. 3 and 4 has a pair of contacts 24, 27 and a pair 25, 26 connected to the rings 7, 8 respectively. With the latter form of reverser, the wasteful passage of steady current between the reversals is avoided without connexions to a secondary battery. An additional pair of contact-plates 28 makes the circuit of the secondary winding only during the reversal, and breaks it before the make-and-break.
Patent GB-190808644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Roofs.
Inventor: OESTERHELD ADOLF
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 8644. Oesterheld, A. April 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Roofs.-Roofing-laths, or both roofing-laths and rafters, are replaced by stretched chains 2 to which the roofing-plates are attached. The chains are fixed across the rafters 1 by nails 3, and the roofing-plates 4, which consist preferably of asbestos cement, are connected to the chains by clips 5, shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190812116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-grates for Domestic Purposes.
Inventor: HASLAM WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 12,116. Haslam, W. H. June 4. Grates. - T h e grate bottom or fuel surface is made in two parts, and the front part a is fitted with semicircular flanges d<1>, which, resting upon the floor of the ashpit, support the front part a either level with the main or rear part b, or tilted as shown in Fig. 2. The front is maintained in the oblique position preferably by means of teeth k and detents m. The front a fits loosely in the main part b, and is dropped by pushing it backwards until the teeth k are freed from the detents m. The front a is preferably made with a perforated periphery and a grooved upper surface.
Patent GB-190814524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manhole Covers, Gulley Grates and the like for Road or Pathways.
Inventor: CLARK ALFRED
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 14,524. Clark, A., and Machell, J. July 8. Man-hole covers. -To prevent manhole covers, gully grates, &c. from rocking on their seatings, the frame A is provided with two or more ver tical slots C, and the cover B with corresponding projections D to fit closely the slots C. As a modification, the projections D may be on the frame and the slot C in the cover. The projections and slots may be of rectangular, dovetail, or other section. The metal of the projections or slots may be either homogeneous with, or different from, that of the cover or frame. According to the Provisional Specification, the projections and slots may be diagonal instead of vertical.
Patent GB-190816363-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for "Pickling" Grain, i.e. Treating the same with Disinfectants.
Inventor: HEID NICOLAUS
Filed: 1908-08-01
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 16,363. Heid, N. Aug. 1. Disinfecting grain; smut, preventing. - Grain to be treated with a disinfectant for the purpose of killing spores of bunt and smut is placed in a hopper 5, provided with a slide 6 and a grooved feed - roller 7. The grain falls in a thin stream into the liquid container in the tank 1, and is divided by a perforated plate 3 to a screw conveyer 2 by which it is discharged, the liquid draining away through perforations in the conveyercasing. Light, sterile, or blighted grains which float on the liquid are removed by a surface current caused by perforated vanes 11, attached at one end. to a spider mounted on the shaft of a screw conveyer 8. On coming into contact with the plate 3, these grains are raised by the vanes 11 and delivered through the open top of the casing 9 by the conveyer. The moving parts are operated through suitable gearing from a handle 15. The grain is discharged into a suitable vessel 16, and the liquid may be withdrawn by removing the plug 12.
Patent GB-190816741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dust Preventers or Collectors for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: HUNT THOMAS
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 16,741. Hunt, T. Aug. 8. Motor road vehicles. - Dust is collected and prevented from rising up behind the wheels of motor-vehicles by means of a casing partly surrounding each wheel. The dust-laden air enters a funnel-shaped mouth 3 behind the wheel leading to a tube 1, which may deliver either to a receptacle or to the atmosphere by means of a pipe 5 turning inwards. A flexible flap 11 closes the space between the tyre aud the cise, and a door 7, closed by a spring, opens to allow the passage of any hard substance encountered. The bell mouth is preferably detachable. The force impelling the air into the casing may be the natural centrifugal draught, or may be induced by a fan situated in the receptacle into which the pipe 5 delivers.
Patent GB-190824438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Means or Apparatus for Removing Foreign Matter from India Rubber, Gutta Percha, Balata and the like.
Filed: 1908-11-13
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 24,438. British Murac Syndicate, and Dessau, M. M. Nov. 13. India-rubber, masticating.-A machine for removing foreign matter from india-rubber &c. is fitted with rollers having highly-roughened surfaces working under water in combination with a platen for forcing the rubber between the rolls. Fig. 1 shows a section through the apparatus. The rolls a are formed with a series of sinuous crests b, and the platen h, which is hinged at i to the screwed rod j, preferably has ridges h<1> on the underside adapted to guide the rubber over and between the rolls. The rotation of the rolls causes the platen to oscillate and thereby to produce a surging action in the water, which prevents the impurities from settling in the tank. The trough e may be made bowl-shaped, in which case it would be caused to rotate.
Patent GB-190901343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a Rigid Wallet for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: MARGUERETTAZ ROBERTO
IPC: B62J9/00
Filed: 1909-01-19
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 1343. Marguerettaz, R. Jan. 19. Luggage-carriers.-Wallets for cycles &c. are made rigid and are secured to the frame by a stop and a spring button or catch, the closing being effected by the frame itself. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the wallet comprises a rigid body 1, made of sheet metal and of the crosssection shown in Fig. 2, and two conical ends 2. The wallet is secured to the frame by a fixed button 3 and a spring button 4, the points of which enter holes made at the apices of the ends 2. In a modification, the wallet is of trapezoidal shape, and is secured in the back or front angle of the frame by a single spring button. In either case, the closing of the wallet is effected by the top tube of the frame. The wallet may also be made of a rigid frame covered with leather or the like.
Patent GB-190905025-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Developing, Washing, Toning, or like Purpose Photographic Apparatus.
Inventor: PARKINSON WILLIAM LAURENCE
IPC: G03D13/02
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 5025. Parkinson, W. L. March 2. Washing and like tanks.-A tank for developing, washing, &c. comprises an upper part with a filling- mouth and a light-trap, and a lower part with a light-trap and a controlled liquid-discharge outlet. In one construction, the two parts a, e, Fig. 1, telescope, the inner part a being supported by frictional contact with the outer part e. Alternatively, the upper part e, Fig. 3, may fit tightly on to the tank a with an elastic rim e<2> and catches e<3>. The filling-mouth g is of larger capacity than the discharge outlet c. The light-trap consists of side plates and a longitudinal plate i. A rack k containing the plates rests on the lower plates j.
Patent GB-190905699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Aeroplanes.
Inventor: FRANKLIN HUGH ARTHUR
IPC: B64C3/54
Filed: 1909-03-09
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 5699. Franklin, H. A., Holt, H. W., L÷wy, A. E., Spielmann, C. M., and Franklin, A. E. March 9. Planes, arrangement of; propelling; steering.- An aerial machine having front and rear supporting-planes is provided with balancing-members at its four corners, to which any desired combined movement may be given by a single lever controlled by hand, by a gyroscope, or otherwise. The balancing-members may consist of wing-tips b hinged to the main planes a and connected by cords c<1> to the extremities of a vertical lever mounted on a universal joint at e in such a manner that front and rear pairs, or side pairs, or the single members of a diagonal pair, may be simultaneously operated in opposite directions. Or the wing-tips may be replaced by helicopters driven by electric or other motors. In this case the lever e', Fig. 3, jointed at e‹ is connected by links g to brushes f, which are connected to the driving- motors and are each adapted to sweep over a pair of rheostats h, Fig. 4, oppositely connected to the supply leads so as to vary the speed and direction of rotation of the helicopters. Planes, construction of.-The supporting-planes are constructed with a transverse pole k above and below which laths m, n for carrying the fabric are secured. The laths are given the desired arch form partly by the ties p and struts q.
Patent GB-190913139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Under-pick Looms.
Inventor: MILNER HENRY
IPC: D03D49/38
Filed: 1909-06-04
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 13,139. Milner, H., and Firth, S., [trading as Milner & Firth]. June 4. Picking straps and connexions.-In underpick looms, a connector A, Fig. 2, comprising a straight part of vulcanized fibre strengthened by metal or vulcanized-fibre plates B and provided with a hole C for the picking crank-pin, is provided with holes F to receive a bolt 'D, whereby it may be adjustably connected to a forked picking-loop E. This loop receives the picking-stick, and. has curved vulcanized-fibre sides. A fixed stop I of wood or fibre &c. provided on one side of the opening, and washers or packing-strips. H of leather, rubber, or buffalo hide, &c. carried by one or two bolts G, Figs. 2 and 3, on the other side, are provided for the picking-stick to bear against. According to the Provisional Specification, the bolt G, Fig. 2, is adjustable.
Patent GB-190915055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversing Gear, especially applicable to Washing Machines.
Inventor: GOLTER JOHN ROBERT
IPC: D06F37/36
Filed: 1909-06-28
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 15,055. Golter, J. R. June 28. Washing - machines with closed rotary receptacles.-In automatic reversing-gear for rotary washing-machines &c. driven by a second belt, the drive in one direction is applied at one end of the cage and in the reverse direction at the other end. The drive-shaft D, extending the length of the machine, carries three belt pulleys 1, 2, 3 and drives the cage at one end through four gear wheels B. The pulley 2 is fixed to the shaft, the pulley 1 is loose thereon and is connected by a loose sleeve E with a worm G which operates the belt-shifting mechanism J, and the pulley 3 is loose upon the sleeve E but can drive the cage at its near end through three gear wheels C. The sleeve E is detachably coupled to the worm G and pulley 1 so as to facilitate the lubricating of the shaft.
Patent GB-190915427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flushing Valves for Water Closets.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: E03D3/04
Filed: 1909-07-01
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 15,427. Boult, A. J., [Phillips Flushing Tanlc Co.]. July 1. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-In flushing- valves for water-closets the joint of the operating-lever L with the valve casing is packed by internal packing, against which a shoulder on the lever is pressed by means of a spring.
Patent GB-190916885-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Automatically Switching on and off Flash Signs or other Electric Apparatus at any Desired Intervals.
Inventor: BRACKENSIECK AUGUSTE HARRY
IPC: H01H7/03
Filed: 1910-01-17
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 16,885. Brackensieck, A. H. Jan. 17, 1910. Electro-magnetic interrupters for automatically controlling the circuit of an electric sign or other apparatus have a pivoted lever I, operated by the electro-magnet plunger F and carrying an adjustable sliding weight U to vary the time-period of the apparatus ; the lever is provided with means for forming a mechanical resistance to both the upward and downward movement. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a toothed sector carried on the lever engages a train of wheels K, L on one of which is an air vane M. A V-shaped extension 0 of the lever is provided with adjustable screws adapted to engage one side or the other of the lever P and to make and break the main circuit at the contact T. A quick action is provided by the spring S, the V-shaped end of which engages a similarly-shaped extension of the lever P. In a modification, the train of wheels is replaced by a dash-pot, and the spring S acts directly upon the shaped end of the lever P.
Patent GB-190922284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Locking Nuts.
Inventor: LAMB HENRY ALFRED
IPC: F16B39/04
Filed: 1909-09-30
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 22,284. Lamb, H. A., and Crowley, C. O'N. Sept. 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Locking nuts.- In a nut-locking device of the kind in which a pin c, substantially at right - angles to the axis of the nut, passes through a hole in the nut so as to engage a flat on the bolt thread, the pin having a spring tail which embraces the nut, a groove a<2>, Fig. 2, is cut in the nut for the tail c to lie in.
Patent GB-190924123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crank Mechanism for Engines.
Inventor: LIVINGSTON FREDERICK NEVELL
IPC: F16H21/18
Filed: 1909-10-20
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 24,123. Livingston, F. N. Oct. 20. Dviving-gear.-To avoid the ordinary deadcentres, and to increase the efficiency and power of a four-cylinder engine having a shaft 10 with cranks at right-angles, a similar auxiliary crank-shaft 16 is geared to the main shaft by wheels 18, 19. The cranks 11, 17 of the two shafts are driven from the piston rods 12 by links 14, 20.
Patent GB-190925208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements on Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: KITCHEN JOHN GEORGE AULSEBROOK
IPC: B60C5/18
Filed: 1909-11-02
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 25,208. Kitchen, J. G. A., and Storey, I. H. -Nov. 2. [Addition to 23,724/06.] Air tubes and chambers; tread projections and surfaces. - Relates to tyres 'of the kind described in Specifications 23,724/06 and 27,309/08, in which the 'outer cover is formed in circumferential sections. The separate segments previously fitted between the cover sections 1 are replaced by shaped projections 6 formed on the air-tube 3, the tube being strengthened at these places by fabric &c. insertions 7 or by linings. The cover may be formed with tread projections 8.
Patent GB-191004884-A (GB)
Title: A Means for Automtically Indicating Changes in Speed, Direction and the like in Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: BOOTH GEORGE
IPC: B60Q1/34
Filed: 1910-02-26
Granted: 1911-02-23
Abstract: 4884. Booth, G. Feb. 26. Road - vehicle signals. - To indicate to other vehicles change of speed or direction, the steering-wheel and brake &c. of a vehicle are connected to apparatus which forces coloured liquid up three indicator tubes. Fig. 1 shows the three indicator tubes C, C<1>, C<11>, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of a box containing the elastic reservoirs D, D<1>, D<11> .from which the liquid is forced up the tubes. The arm F<1> which operates the reservoirs D', D" is connected by arms G<1>, G<11> to the steering- arm. The two arms are connected by a chain passing over a pulley, and are provided with springs p to allow movement of the arms after the stops y, z have been reached. The arm F actuating the speed-indicator reservoir D is connected to the brakes, the change-speed lever, and the lever controlling the throttle, arrangements being made for suitable indications to be given by the tube C. The elastic reservoirs mav be replaced by rigid ones, with piston - rod operating-means. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that the indicator tubes mav form letters or symbols, and a whistle &c. may be actuated to call attention to a signal.
Patent GB-191010323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy Flying Machines.
Inventor: CARTER LIONEL ALFRED
IPC: A63H27/00
Filed: 1910-04-27
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 10,323. Carter, L. A. April 27. Toy flying-machines; propelling. - A toy flying-machine is provided with oppositely rotatable propellers 5 situated at the front and rear respectively, and driven by an elastic motor within an elongated, preferably tubular, body 1. Mounted on the body are a transverse aeroplane 11 and a depending frame 16 carrying a balance weight 19. The plane 11 is preferably curved slightly upwards. The parts are detachable, and the plane and balancing weight may be adjusted lengthways of the machine.
Patent GB-191011774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevating and Training Control Apparatus for Ordnance and other Apparatus Mounted on Moving Platforms.
Inventor: BACON REGINALD HUGH SPENCER
Filed: 1910-05-12
Granted: 1911-07-12
Abstract: 11,774. Bacon, R. H. S., and Duncan, F. May 12. Naval mountings.-Relates to apparatus for maintaining the position of a gun when it is correctly elevated and trained, and consists in the employment of mechanism, automatic or non-automatic, in conjunction with gyroscopic angularvelocity meters, for imparting to the gun angular velocities in the vertical and horizontal planes equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to those of the platform due to the rolling and pitching of the ship. The automatic elevationcontrol apparatus shown in Fig. 1, comprises a gyroscopic angular velocity meter d, the pointer d<1> of which is connected by a rod d<2> to the rod c<7> of the control-valve c<4> of a variable-speed hydraulic elevating motor or press c. The gun-slide a is, therefore, rotated about the trunnions a<1>, in the manner stated above, to correct for motion in a vertical plane. The training-motor, which may be of the kind described in Specification 7871/10, is controlled in a similar manner. The pointer d<1> may control the valve c<4> through a servomotor, and a supplementary hand-operated valve may be employed for correcting irregularities in the speed of rotation. The elevationcontrol instrument may be mounted upon the slide a. For non-automatic working, the valves of the motors are controlled by hand-levers in accordance with the indications of the gyroscope instruments. Electric elevating and training gears may be similarly controlled.
Patent GB-191017770-A (GB)
Title: Lead Pigments and Method of Making same.
Inventor: RAMAGE ALEXANDER SYDNEY
IPC: C09C1/14
Filed: 1910-07-26
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 17,770. Ramage, A. S. Jan. 3, [Convention date]. Pigments are formed from basic lead compounds, such as red lead, white lead, basic carbonate, chromate or sulphate, by neutralizing the whole or part of the basic radicle with a saturated organic acid, preferably a fatty acid such as stearic or palmitic acid. The mixture of fatty acids obtained from tallow may be used. The fatty acids or tallow may be first boiled with alkali, and the resultant soap decomposed by addition of basic lead compound; or the acid or melted soap and the lead compound may be heated together in a steam-kettle. The pigments are mixed with linseed oil, refined fish oil, or resin varnish.
Patent GB-191020506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carriage Feed Mechanism for Typewriting Machines.
IPC: B41J19/66
Filed: 1910-09-02
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 20,506. Ranzler Schreibmaschinen Akt.-Ges. Nov. 27, 1909, [Convention date]. Carriage-releasing arrangements.-In escapement mechanism provided with a clutch coupling thrown into and out of gear with the escapement-wheel by means of the carriage rack, a clutch member 13, Fig. 2, is formed on the driving-pinion 9, and the rack 4 is pivoted to effect the displacement of the pinion, which is thus always in gear with the rack. The pinion 9 is mounted loosely on the shaft 10 of the escapement wheel 11, and is normally held in engagement with a clutch member 14 on the shaft 10 by a spring 12. The rack 4 is pivoted at 5 on the carriage, and is provided with a hand-lever 6 normally held against a stop 8 by the action of a spring on the rack. The tabulating-keys actuate a lever 18 connected with a two-armed lever 16, 17 for moving the rack.
Patent GB-191023640-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cementing Process for the Filaments of Electric Lamps.
Inventor: JOHANNES SCHILLING
IPC: H01K1/16
Filed: 1910-10-12
Abstract: 23,640. Schilling, J. April 6, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Filaments, attaching.-Tungsten or other refractory metal made plastic with ammonia or ammonium sulphide is used to cement filaments to leading-in wires and supports, without heating, the same metal preferably being used for both joints and filaments.
Patent GB-191025410-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Fastening for Receptacles.
IPC: F17C13/12
Filed: 1910-11-01
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 25,410. Soc. Anon. d'Escaut et Meuse. Dec. 31, 1909, [Convention date]. Turn - button fasteners; bayonet - joint fastenings; seal fastenings. - Relates to fastenings for receptacles, more particularly to those for containing compressed or liquefied gases. The cover 2 i s fastened on to the receptacle by a bayonet-joint 13 or other rotary movement, and is provided with securing - means comprising a lever 3 pivoted on the top of the receptacle. The lever 3, by means of a projection 7 on the cover, is adapted, when the cover is rotated, to be turned through a slot 10 therein, and to be secured by a padlock or sealing-device placed through the eye 5. More than one lever 3 may be employed.
Patent GB-191104261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Multiple Effect Evaporating Apparatus.
Inventor: LILLIE SAMUEL MORRIS
IPC: F28B1/02
Filed: 1911-02-20
Granted: 1912-02-20
Abstract: 4261. Lillie, S. M. Feb. 20. M u l t i p l e - effect a p p a r a t u s. - Reversible multipleeffect apparatus, of the type described in Specification 24,686/04, is provided with disk valves C ... C<5>, mounted in the passage ways B ... B<5>, between the effects. The central portions R, Fig. 4, of the valve casings taper slightly outwards and form cylinders in which the valves act as pistons under the pressure of steam admitted to any one of the effects, and serve to give an initial opening or closing movement to the valves of the adjacent effects. The valves are mounted on rods supported on rollers d carried by brackets T, Fig. 4, and divided into separate parts D<2>, d<2> as shown in Fig. 1. The provision of steam inlets E ... E<3> to each effect and the division of the valve-rods permits the apparatus to be used as a reversible quadruple effect or as separate triple and single effects, or as two double effects. The steam inlets of the intermediate effects are provided with cylinders N, Fig. 3, in which work disks n carried by the valverods and serving as pistons until they are forced out of the cylinders. When not working reversibly, the valves may be fastened in place by bolts U, Fig. 4.